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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Buttzville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buttzville and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Buttzville:
- 46.508025, -97.629820
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Buttzville
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Ransom County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ransom County
- Since Buttzville is near Barnes County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Buttzville
Communities Also Named Buttzville ...
We found one communities that are also named Buttzville.
Within North Dakota, the name Buttzville is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, there is another community also named Buttzville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- This Buttzville is located in Warren County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Buttzville that is located in Ransom County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Buttzville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buttzville ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Alice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alice is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Cuba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Barnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Daily
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Daily is located in Barnes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
- Fort Ransom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harlem ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Sargent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Kathryn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Power
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Power is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
How Far From Buttzville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buttzville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buttzville and extending to:
- Lisbon, which is the Seat of Ransom County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Buttzville to Bismarck, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,973 miles [8,003.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buttzville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Buttzville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buttzville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5080, Longitude: -97.6298 In this case, the coordinates for Buttzville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.453 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.955 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.701 degrees. |
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